Russians not only have he ability to make transactions in crypto – they still have access to the biggest fiat on/off ramp in the world.

The logical thing to do would have been: as soon as Putin gave that hour long history lesson justifying a war in the Ukraine, to go on Binance and dump all of their rubles into Bitcoin. Then, they should have pulled it into a private wallet. Then, whenever they needed cash, they could use Binance to exchange the Bitcoin.

This would have save all of their wealth that they were holding in rubles.

But hindsight is 20/20, of course.

Breitbart:

Binance.com, the world’s largest centralized cryptocurrency exchange, has rejected calls from the Ukrainian government to blacklist Russian users, saying it would “fly in the face” of the pro-freedom values of cryptocurrency to stop ordinary users from accessing the service.

“We are not going to unilaterally freeze millions of innocent users’ accounts,” a Binance spokesperson told CNBC.

“Crypto is meant to provide greater financial freedom for people across the globe. To unilaterally decide to ban people’s access to their crypto would fly in the face of the reason why crypto exists.”

Binance’s comments come after the vice prime minister of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, called on cryptocurrency exchanges to block access to Russians, including ordinary citizens of the country.

“I’m asking all major crypto exchanges to block addresses of Russian users,” said Fedorov, in a post on Twitter. “It’s crucial to freeze not only the addresses linked to Russian and Belarusian politicians, but also to sabotage ordinary users.”

I'm asking all major crypto exchanges to block addresses of Russian users.

It's crucial to freeze not only the addresses linked to Russian and Belarusian politicians, but also to sabotage ordinary users.

— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 27, 2022

Binance said it would continue to take steps against individuals subject to official government sanctions, but would not penalize ordinary users.

“Should the international community widen those sanctions further, we will apply those aggressively as well,” the Binance spokesperson told CNBC.

As a centralized exchange, Binance has the power to freeze a user’s cryptocurrency funds in much the same ways as a bank.

Yeah but if they did their entire business model would collapse, and they aren’t going to because they’re a company run by the Chinese out of the Caribbean.

The Jews set up this concept of untouchable financial havens in island micro-nations, and now they’re going to have to live with the facts of them.

Bitcoin can’t be stopped.

Well, this is one way to protect democracy.

No – in fact, it is the only way.

Our democracy is sacred and holy, and it is the core of who we are – but it is fragile, like a prematurely born infant, and one thing that will crush it like so much bubble wrap is people being allowed to criticize government policy or freely spread information.

Breitbart:

European Union and NATO member-state Czechia has warned citizens who express support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including on social media, they could face prison.

“The Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office considers it necessary to inform citizens that the current situation associated with the Russian Federation’s attack on Ukraine may have implications for their freedom of expression,” warned Czechia’s Attorney-General, Igor Stříž, in an official press release.

“[F]reedom of speech also has its limits in a democratic state governed by the rule of law,” the official asserted, explaining that anyone who “publicly (including at demonstrations, on the Internet or on social networks) agreed (accepted or supported the Russian Federation’s attacks on Ukraine) or expressed support or praised the leaders of the Russian Federation in this regard, they could also face criminal liability under certain conditions”, citing sections of the criminal code making it a crime to approve a criminal offence or deny, question, approve or justify genocide.

Evidujeme desítky podnětů na komentáře v internetových diskusích, schvalující ruskou invazi a aktivity ruské armády. Internetové prostředí pečlivě monitorujeme a omlouváme se, že nereagujeme na každé označení v příspěvcích. Není to vždy žádoucí a taktické. Děkujeme za pochopení!

— Policie ČR (@PolicieCZ) February 27, 2022

“We record dozens of comments in internet discussions approving the Russian invasion and the activities of the Russian army. We closely monitor the Internet environment,” the Czech police underscored in a post on their official Twitter account.

The United States needs to take note.

If we want to have any hope of protecting our failing democracy – which is directly under threat by everyone from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin to Tucker Carlson to that guy who took the selfie with the podium in the Capitol – we need to make it illegal for people to disagree with the government.

The FBI made a great step in protecting our democracy when they issued a bulletin declaring that anyone who is against the government is a terrorist (seriously, read that link). But so far, people are not being arrested.

We need mass arrests in America and we need them now. If we don’t stop these people who are questioning the media and government, we are headed straight for authoritarian autocracy and dictatorship.

We’ve seen throughout history that those who do not protect their freedom lose it.

Pro-Russian forces have taken another city in the East of the Ukraine.

LA Times:

On Tuesday, about 150 militants armed with clubs and baseball bats drove out local police from the Luhansk regional administration building. A day earlier, Mayor Gennady Kernes of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, was shot in the back while exercising on the city outskirts. He remained in serious condition Tuesday after undergoing surgery in Israel.

In Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, Deputy Foreign Minister Danylo Lubkivsky repeated the government’s accusation that the unrest was being directed by the Kremlin.

“They have no political goals, and they have no intention of holding any dialogue. They simply execute orders from Russian authorities,” Lubkivsky said of the gunmen, many in Russian military garb and carrying weapons used by the Russian army.

Russia has condemned the US sanctions…

BBC:

Russia has condemned new US and EU sanctions that have been imposed over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said “Iron Curtain”-style US sanctions might harm its hi-tech sector and that the EU was “under Washington’s thumb”.

Russia had no intention of invading eastern Ukraine, where separatists have seized government buildings, he added.

…while taking the moral high-ground and refusing to impose their own.

NYT:

Speaking to reporters in Belarus, President Vladimir V. Putin said he had vetoed suggestions within the Kremlin that Russia respond in kind to the latest sanctions. “The government has already proposed some steps in response, but I consider that there is no need for this,” Mr. Putin told reporters, according to the Interfax news agency. But if it continues, he said, Moscow will have to think about who works and how they work in key sectors of Russia’s economy, including energy.

It has been confirmed that the anti-Maidan liberation fighters in Eastern Ukraine has shot down a helicopter sent by the Jews of Maidan to terrorize them into submission to the Jewish agenda.

RT:

“Our people approached the airfield, shot a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in the direction of the helicopter. There was an explosion. [Kiev] militants started shooting and we [protesters] retreated, ” a representative from the Kramatorsk self-defence troops told RIA Novosti.

А video posted online shows a loud explosion at the site where a plume of smoke is seen. The smoke was swiftly followed by another explosion. Witnesses say fire was also seen in the area of the blast.

The blowing up of the helicopter has also been confirmed by Ukraine’s Security Service, the SBU.

Earlier, reports from Kramatorsk.info, said several explosions took place at about 11am local time (09:00 GMT). The explosions were followed by a fire and smoke, the news portal added.

“An Mi-8 helicopter has exploded at Kramatorsk airfield, with no victims reported. The pilot managed to jump [from the plane],” Dmitry Tyimchyuk, the head of the Center for War-Political Investigations told Kramatorsk.info news. “The preliminary theory is that the helicopter caught fire during a warm-up before a flight.”

Pretty good for a ragtag people’s army standing up against the combined might of the Western Jew establishment.

I guess this means the situation in the East is now officially a war?

They are in the process of launching a new series of operations, and failing yet again.

RT:

Ukrainian troops were ordered to commence the next stage of the so-called ‘anti-terrorist operation’ around 12pm local time (10:00 GMT), according to coup-appointed acting head of presidential administration Sergey Pashinsky.

“The aim is to completely isolate Slavyansk to localize the problem. At the moment, the operation is ongoing,” the official told media as quoted by RIA Novosti.

Ukrainian armed forces have set up a military base some 20 kilometers from Slavayansk, RT’s stringer, Ukraine-based British journalist Graham Phillips reports. According to Phillips, there is an ongoing buildup of troops in the area and “snipers hiding in forests in position.” The city is being encircled, he tweets.

The military do not intend to storm Slavyansk, fearing civilian casualties, the Ukrainian Security Service has claimed.

“We will not go the length of [civilian] casualties, to storm the city. We understand that this may lead to many people coming to harm,” General Vasily Krutov, first deputy head of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), was quoted as saying by Interfax.

Pashinsky meanwhile repeated earlier Kiev’s claims that “terrorists have placed their key strong points in kindergartens and hospitals,” branding the situation in Slavyansk as “classic terrorism.” The claims have been dismissed by Slavyansk activists as “ridiculous.”

The rhetoric that the Maidan is using is simply priceless.  They are a government established through the use of terrorism, and they are now calling people who don’t want to be subject to this regime that overthrew a democratically elected leader “terrorists.”  How can they even say it with a straight-face?  Oh that’s right, they’re Jews.